Review of the Korean Species of the Genus Edaphus Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) with Description of Four New Species

• Published in: Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 13; no. 4; p. 362
• Main Authors: Byeon, Ui-Joung, Park, Sun-Jae, Lee, Seung-Gyu, Park, Jong-Seok
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 07.04.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: beetle; Communication; New records; New species; palaearctic; Physical characteristics; South Korea; taxonomy; Worms; South Korea; Korean Peninsula; new species; palaearctic; South Korea; beetle; taxonomy
• ISSN: 2075-4450; 2075-4450
• DOI: 10.3390/insects13040362

The cosmopolitan euaesthetine genus, Motschulsky, 1857, with about 90 Palaearctic species, was formerly known by a single species, Puthz, 2011, of which 2 specimens were collected in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. In this paper, the knowledge of the Korean fauna is expanded to include six species, including four described here based on a rich material collected in recent years. A key to all six species of Korean , illustration of the habitus and diagnostic characters, and a distribution map are provided.